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The Sub Committee
considered a report that sought to determine an application for the
review of the premises licence at 22 Mill Street, Chagford TQ12 8AW in accordance with section 52 of
the Licensing Act 2003.
The Licensing Officer
proceeded to present the application and the content of the
report.
The Immigration Officer
explained her involvement in the case and subsequent visit to the
establishment.
The licence holder put
forward his case.
Members proceeded to ask
several questions of the Immigration Officer and the applicant.
Once all parties were
content that they had no further issues and/or questions to raise,
the Sub-Committee adjourned in the presence of the Deputy
Monitoring Officer to consider the application. The Sub-Committee then reconvened and the Chairman announced the
decision.
The Chairman proceeded to read out the
following statement:
“We have considered the application
for the review of the premises licence of 22 Mill Street,
Chagford.
We have considered the Statement of
Licensing Policy, the government guidance and our obligations that
relate to the promotion of the licensing objectives.
We have read carefully the written
representations received and listened to statements from persons
here today.
It is our decision that it is appropriate to
include the following additional conditions on the premises licence
to address the ‘Prevention of Crime and Disorder’
licensing objective:
1.
The Premises Licence Holder will operate a full
human resources management system where all relevant documents are
stored for each individual member of staff;
2.
All
documents for members of staff will be retained for a period of 24
months post termination of employment and will be made available to
Police, Immigration, or Licensing Officers on request;
3.
The Premises Licence Holder will work with People
Force International Limited (or any other similar agency) to carry
out checks on the Home Office website and verify identification
documents such as visas and right to work documents to ensure that
all new members of staff can be legally employed.
4.
No new member of staff will be able to work at the
premises unless they have proved satisfactory proof of
identification and right to work.
It is also our decision that it is
appropriate to remove the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) from
the Premises Licence to address the ‘Prevention of Crime and
Disorder’ licensing objective.
More specifically, the current DPS has demonstrated a disregard for
the Immigration Legislation and has failed to produce evidence of
proper employment records.”